ฝึกพูดภาษาอังกฤษด้วยเทคนิค Shadowing จากวิดีโอ: 21. Making a Salad | English for Everyday Activities

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Chapter 21 Making a Salad Paul rinsed some lettuce by running water over it and drained it in a colander.
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He also rinsed some tomatoes and cucumbers and sliced them with a knife on a cutting board.
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He mixed the lettuce and the cucumber in a salad bowl and laid the tomato slices on top.
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Then he sprinkled some grated cheese on the salad.
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He poured some dressing on his salad.
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Paul rinsed some lettuce by running water over it and drained it in a colander.
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He also rinsed some tomatoes and cucumbers and sliced them with a knife on a cutting board.
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He mixed the lettuce and the cucumber in a salad bowl and laid the tomato slices on top.
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Then he sprinkled some grated cheese on the salad.
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He poured some dressing on his salad.
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Paul rinsed some lettuce by running water over it and drained it in a colander.
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He also rinsed some tomatoes and cucumbers and sliced them with a knife on a cutting board.
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He mixed the lettuce and the cucumber in a salad bowl and laid the tomato slices on top.
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Then he sprinkled some grated cheese on the salad.
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He poured some dressing on his salad.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “21. Making a Salad”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: salad, cucumber, rinsed, lettuce, colander. This video has 17 sentences and 206 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:52. The speaker talks slowly, about 72 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 64% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
salad noun/ˈsæl.əd/A food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often…
slice noun/slaɪs/That which is thin and broad.
tomato noun/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/A widely cultivated plant, Solanum lycopersicum, having edible fruit.
lettuce noun/ˈlɛt.ɪs/An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves.
knife noun/ˈnaɪ̯f/A utensil or a tool designed for cutting, consisting of a flat piece of hard material, usually steel or other metal (the blade), usually sharpened on one edge…
pour verb/poɹ/To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
drain noun/dɹiːn/A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK)
cucumber noun/ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/A vine in the gourd family, Cucumis sativus.
rinse verb/ɹɛns/To wash (something) quickly using water and no soap.
colander noun/ˈkɑləndɚ/A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.
grate verb/ˈɡɹeɪt/To shred (things, usually foodstuffs), by rubbing across a grater.
sprinkle verb/ˈspɹɪŋkəl/To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like salad, slice, tomato.

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